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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 May 2021
Covid-19 Internal Review

"My Lords, I reiterate my congratulations to the Government and all those involved in the fantastic success of the vaccine development and rollout programme. This inquiry does not need to be long and drawn out. Will my noble friend confirm that it will look into the accuracy of—and contradictory nature …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Apr 2021
Covid-19: Obesity

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by the World Obesity Federation COVID-19 and Obesity: The 2021 Atlas, published on 4 March, which shows a correlation between obesity rates and COVID-19 death rates; and what steps they intend to take in response...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Apr 2021
Covid-19: Obesity

"My Lords, I am delighted to hear my noble friend’s response because this research shows that being obese is a huge factor in deaths from Covid, second only to old age. It was described as a wake-up call to Governments by the head of the WHO, and last week the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Apr 2021
Covid-19: Update

"My Lords, last week, the Prime Minister said that the lockdown has been doing

“the bulk of the work in reducing”—

—infections, then Simon Stevens said that

“'Vaccines are successfully reducing hospitalisations and deaths”.

Around the world, lockdowns are not being as successful as one might have imagined, so could …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 22 Mar 2021
Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2021

"My Lords, may I first—unusually—pay tribute to my noble friend the Minister? At the weekend we had what I thought was a rather unpleasant article in the Sunday Times about hereditary Peers. Well, he is without doubt one of the most industrious and diligent Ministers in place and I think …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Mar 2021
Covid Contracts: Judicial Review

"My Lords, it is fair to say that I have not been uncritical of some of the Government’s approach to this virus crisis and, of course, it is important that the Government follow proper procedures and are beyond reproach in their procurement policy. However, in relation to the judgment, did …..."
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Written Question
Coronavirus: Disease Control
Thursday 25th February 2021

Asked by: Lord Robathan (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Bethell on 1 December (HL Deb, cols 717–21), how many people have been infected with COVID-19 in the UK.

Answered by Lord Bethell

The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center published statistics on 23 February 2021 to show there have been 4,138,233 COVID-19 infections in the United Kingdom.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 11 Feb 2021
Covid-19

"My Lords, I first thank the Minister and the Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty for a very useful session yesterday on Covid-19 therapeutics. I found it extremely informative. I can see the logic and the good sense behind the quarantine policy—but, bearing in mind Lord Acton’s famous dictum, and knowing …..."
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Written Question
Coronavirus: Hospital Beds
Wednesday 3rd February 2021

Asked by: Lord Robathan (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Bethell on 1 December (HL Deb, cols 717–21), how many beds are currently occupied in each of the NHS Nightingale Hospitals.

Answered by Lord Bethell

Nightingale hospitals are activated based on local clinical decisions in response to patient demand. The National Health Service will flex Nightingale capacity to address demand as has been done throughout the pandemic. As at week commencing 18 January 2021, the NHS Nightingale Hospital Exeter is providing inpatient services to COVID-19 patients from 48 beds. The NHS Nightingale Hospital North West and the NHS Nightingale Hospital London are providing ‘step-down’ care to non-covid-19 patients and provide 36 and 64 beds respectively. Other Nightingale sites at Harrogate and Bristol are supporting NHS elective and diagnostic services but are not providing inpatient services.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 07 Jan 2021
Covid-19: Restrictions

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the success of the restrictions introduced to address the Covid-19 pandemic in reducing the transmission of Covid-19 between 1 July and 31 December 2020...."
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